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INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. PhowLilhognphu, wumngmn. D. C.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY P. BULLOCK nn HENRY P. OAYCE, or JONESBOROUGH, TEXAS.

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'sPncIr-IcAr oN forming part of Letters Patent. No. 352,080, datedNovember 2,1886.

Application filed March 11, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRYP. BULLOCK and HENRY P. CAYOE, ofJonesborough, in the county of Ooryell and State of Texas, have inventeda new and Improved Gate, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

Our invention relates to gates, especially farm-gates, and has for itsobject to provide a simple, inexpensive, and self closing gate which maybe opened automatically by the depression of a platform in the gateway,or may be opened by the pulling of cords pendent from a support at ornear the gateway.

lhe invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts of the gate, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gate shown closed and partlybroken away and in section; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partlybroken away and drawn to asmaller scale,l and shows the gate open.

Two pairs of posts, A A and B B, are set in line with the fence 0,which, as shown, con- 'sists of wires, said posts being tied together byhorizontal bars D'D, between which the gate E and its operating-leverswork, and the tops of the pairs of posts are connected by cross-bars ab, respectively.

To the ihner faces of the bars D D are fixed a pair of opposite shorterrails or track-bars, d, on which the opposite top rails, f f, of thegate F run, and between the inner ends of the rails f f there is fixedan arm, G, to which are pivoted at g the outer endsof a pair of bars orlinks, H, the inner ends ,of which are pivoted at h tothediagonally-ranging lever, I, which is pivoted at its lower end by a pin,2, to and between the posts B B.

At a point below the pivot h the lever I is pivoted at j to and betweena pair of upright movable bars, J J,which are held to each other bybolts passed through them and through a spacing-block, j, which is alittle thicker than the lever I, and to and between the lower ends ofthe bars J J is pivoted at k the inner end of a lever, K, which passesoutward between the posts A A and is fdlcrumed Serial No. 194.912. (Nomodel.)

thereto on a pin, it. The outer end, lo of the lever Kis arranged insuch relation to the opposite platforms, L L,which lie across the gate-Way,that when either platform is depressed by a passing vehicle thelever will be lowered thereby and the inner end of the lever will beraised, whereby the lever'I will be swung over backward as the bars J Jare lifted, and the gate F will be drawn backward between the posts A Aor opened, as indicated in Fig. 2, and as soon asthe depressing weightis taken from the platforms L the weight of the parts I J H on the innerend of lever K will cause the gate to close automatically. i

If desired,.a spring, M, may be arranged between the rear posts, B, andthe bars, J or lever I, to insu re or assist the closing of the gate.

To make the weight of the gate F available to assist in closing it, apin, N, may be passed through holes 02 a, made in the links H and bar G,to hold them in line, whereby, when the gate is thrown backward to openit, it will be lifted from the tops of the supporting trackbars (1, andwill rest on the upper forward corners of said bars, as indicated indotted lines in Fig. 2; hence the lifted open gate will easily slideover the ends of bars d as it falls by gravity to a horizontal positionin closing.

To allow the gate to be opened by persons on horseback from either side,a rope, O, is con nected at one end to the upper end of the lever I, andthence passed to and over a pulley or sheave, P, journaled to the top ofposts B B, and thence forward to where it connects at o with the twocords R S, which extend over the top of the headpiece a of posts A A,and hang therefrom within reach of the rider. Pins 7' r and s s, fixedin the head-piece a, hold the cords R S in proper positions, so thatthey can not be pulled off the head-piece.

The post '1, at the farther side of the gateway, may be provided withpairs of blocks t 25, between which the end of the closed gate may restto prevent sidewise racking of the gate. r

A series of holes may be made in the gateposts A A, as at a, to receivethe fulcrum-pin k of the-lever K, for giving a greater or less throw tothe gate in opening it, and a pin, U, may be passed through holes a,made in the gate and behind the posts A, to hold the gate open when itmay be desirable or necessary,

as will be understood from Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The gate will not sag to the ground, and will not freeze up easily, andis inexpensive to make and to set up along railroads or on farms, or inother localities where a gate of this character would be useful.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of the gate F, front andrear posts, A B, lever K, pivoted between its ends to the lower ends ofthe front posts, a vertical1y-1novable platform, L, in the gateway,adapted to operate the front end of the lever K, bars J, connected atthe lower ends to the rear end of lever K, a forwardly-in clined lever,I, pivoted at its lower end to the lower ends of the rear posts and at jto the bars J, and links H, pivotally connecting the gate and the lever1 above the point j, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the gate F, forwardly-inclined lever I, havinga pivotal connection therewith, vertical bars J, pivoted between theirends to the said lever, and links H, connecting the lever I to the gateabove the point of connection with bars J, of the spring M, actingbetween the rear posts-and the lever I, and means for moving the saidle- 0 ver and bars upward against the action of the spring,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the gate F, front and rear posts, A B,forwardly-inclined lever I, pivoted at its lower end to the rear posts,and links H, connected to the inner end of the gate and to the lever Ibetween its ends, of the cord 0, connected to the upper end of lever I,the guide-pulley P at the upper ends of the rear posts, over which thecord passes, and 40 cords R S, connected to the end of cord O,andpendent from a head-piece, a, on the front posts, substantially as setforth.

4. The combination, with the gate F, forwardly-inclined lever I, pivotedat its lower end to the rear gate-posts, and links H, pivoted to therear end of the gate and to the le ver between its ends, of a pin, N,passed through holes in the links H beyond their pivotal points andthrough abar fixed to the rear end of the gate, substantially as setforth, whereby the gate will be lifted as it is opened.

HENRY P. BULLOCK. HENRY I. CAYGE.

Witnesses:

DAVID LEE, J. D. MQELROY.

